COVID-19 Updates
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Old, unvaccinated, a disaster waiting to happen: how Hong Kong’s care homes for elderly fell to Covid-19 when Omicron arrived
Hong Kong’s care homes for the elderly managed to weather successive waves of Covid-19 infections over the past two years. Then the fifth wave hit and things fell apart rapidly.The…
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Anti-Covid controls protest convoy gathers on outskirts of Washington DC
More than a thousand vehicles in so-called ‘People’s Convoy’ gather at speedway though exact plans are unclear More than a thousand large trucks, recreational vehicles and cars are gathering on…
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I’m looking forward to après-Covid birthdays | Kadish Morris
Now that restrictions have been lifted we will all be able to celebrate those significant milestones again I’m hopelessly fond of birthdays. My mum put a lot of effort into…
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Covid pandemic sparks steep rise in number of people in UK with long-term illness
Figures have soared by 1.2m in two years of pandemic as long Covid takes its toll Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than a third of…
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Coronavirus: Bali opens up for travellers; Malaysia scraps curbs for Thailand and Cambodia arrivals
Indonesia will allow quarantine-free entry for foreigners travelling to Bali from March 7, bringing the plan forward by a week, officials said on Saturday, while neighbour Malaysia announced the removal…
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Hong Kong textile group’s ‘antiviral gloves’ lend a hand to frontline workers in Covid-19 fight
Hong Kong’s textile industry leaders have come together to produce antivirus gloves they hope will provide frontline workers more protection during the Covid-19 pandemic.Raymond Chu Lop-fu, chairman of the Hong…
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Use Hong Kong’s consumption voucher scheme to boost elderly vaccinations and ease into sales tax
Hong Kong’s 2022-23 budget has largely responded to public expectations. The most welcome measure is the distribution of HK$10,000 (US$1,280) in electronic consumption vouchers to 6.6 million residents.However, there are…
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What next for China’s dynamic zero-Covid strategy?
Just weeks before the opening of the annual “two sessions”, Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics in a bubble with not reports of coronavirus transmissions from inside the loop to the…
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How Covid lockdowns triggered record rainfall in China
Scientists identify impact of sudden cleaning of skies and drop in greenhouse emissions in 2020 China’s record-breaking rainfall during summer 2020 was linked to Covid lockdowns, research suggests. Hundreds of…
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Coronavirus: 15 per cent of Hongkongers could be infected, experts warn; 37,529 new cases confirmed
About 15 per cent of Hongkongers have caught Covid-19, according to health experts, as the city confirmed more than 37,000 new infections on Saturday.The latest caseload of 37,529 marks the…